Saturday, March 30, 2013

Janet E. Cameron

Beginner’s Pluck.
Interviewed by Sue Leonard.
Published in The Irish Examiner on 30th March 2013

Beginner’s Pluck. Janet E. Cameron.

Brought up in Nova Scotia, Janet then lived in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, before working as an English teacher in Tokyo.
“I met an Irishman there, during the 2002 World Cup. I moved to Ireland in March 2005.”

The character for her debut novel came to her during a creative writing assignment in 2006. But she left the story for four years, returning to it before taking the M Phil in Creative writing in Trinity College Dublin.

“I wanted to get some writing finished before I hit 40. I got more ideas for the main character, and decided to see where it would go. And the character kept talking.”

Shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize, and the Fish Memoir Prize, Janet won a place at the Novel Fair at The Irish Writers Centre last year. The novel is also being released in Canada.

Second Novel: “I’m working on one. It’s about a family dealing with suicide.”

Top Writing Tip: “Edit all of the time.”

Web: www.asimplejan.com. Twitter: @aSimpleJan

The Debut: Cinnamon Toast and The End of the World. Hachette Books Ireland: €14.99. Kindle: €9.33.

Stephen Shulevitz is about to graduate from high school in Nova Scotia. A misfit with dysfunctional parents, he realises he has fallen in love with his violent best friend. Meanwhile his other friend, Lana, holds a torch for him. Will he be able to move on without being ridiculed, and without hurting those close to him?

The Verdict: A stunning debut. Funny, poignant, and heartfelt. I loved it.

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I'm a full time ghost writer and feature writer covering a huge variety of subjects.
I'm mad about books. So the 'job' of interviewing authors and reviewing books isn't too much of a slog.I write the weekly Beginner's Pluck column in the Irish Examiner.
I also write Health, Parenting, and General Features for The Irish Independent and The Irish Examiner; Book Reviews for the Examiner and Books Ireland; Teen features for 'Face Up' magazine, and Faith profiles for 'Reality.'
I've ghost written four books; the latest, An Act of Love, co-written with Marie Fleming was a number one best seller. the first, My Life in THeir Hands, by Susan Kerwin with Sue Leonard, is on holds, waiting for Susan to settle a legal case. Another reached number two, and was in the bestseller top five for seven weeks. I also do some guest lecturing, teaching, and public interviews.
My book, Keys to the Cage, was published by New Island in 2010.